Texas advances social studies curriculum with Christianity emphasis as Democrats raise conflict concerns

In a press release, those SBOE members stated they are "deeply concerned by a recent revelation" by a content advisor leading ...

Discovery Education Releases Free Resources To Help Educators Bring 250 Years of U.S. History Into Classrooms

CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESS Newswire / April 8, 2026 / Discovery Education, the edtech leader trusted by 45% of U.S. K-12 schools, today introduced a free collection of cross-curricular resources designed ...
PBS

Social Studies Lessons

A group of all-star Arkansas teachers will share mini-lessons to help kids in kindergarten through 5th grade continue learning between school years. Meghan shares social studies lessons exploring some ...
Education Week

When It Comes to Social Studies, Elementary Teachers Are on Their Own

Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas' social studies lessons were praised as inclusive. Conservative activists say it's CRT

Conservative education activists are accusing the Republican-controlled State Board of Education of helping liberals smuggle bits of Critical Race Theory into social studies standards that were ...

As early as third grade, Utah students will need to study Bible passages in social studies lessons under new law

The measure, which Gov. Spencer Cox signed last week, may be the first of its kind in the country, one expert said. “I don’t know that other states have done this.” ...
Newsday

Social studies groups worried state trying to downgrade importance of history, civics

Social studies groups statewide are pushing back against a plan out of Albany they say would downgrade the importance of coursework in history and civics during a time when such lessons should take ...